An idea that began in a mechanical design class at MIT has turned into a $2 million business with offices in Framingham and Gardner, all centered around a green twist on the lowly pencil. Mario ...

Lipman, born in 1817 in Jamaica to Jewish parents ... Pharmacy (precursor to the University of the Sciences). Lipman’s pencil had an eraser that was inserted into the hollowed-out wooden ...

I got used to the feel of the softer lead, and a pencil snob was born. When the small stationery stores in midtown began to go out of business, our office became a customer of one of the big ...